After a stellar start to 2015, with the year-to-date box office running ahead of last year by 7 percent, ticket sales are projected to slow this weekend with the muted debuts of “Chappie,” “Unfinished Business” and “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”

Spidey will first appear in a Marvel film — most likely “Captain America: Civil War.” Then on July 28, 2017 he’ll get his own standalone film co-produced by Marvel president Kevin Feige and former Sony co-chariman Amy Pascal.

Sony Pictures Chairwoman Amy Pascal may have hoped the success of "The Interview" would be enough to save her job in the wake of last year's hacking fiasco that exposed some damaging emails from her, but the Daily Mail reported Thursday that Pascal, whose contract ran out in March, was leaving to set up her own production firm. But she's not going far: The new firm will be based at Sony.

Target Corp., The Home Depot Inc., and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. are just a few of the major companies that have recently fallen victim to data theft. Even the U.S. military came under cyber attack when hackers aligned with the Islamic State militant group broke into the YouTube and Twitter accounts of the U.S. Central Command.